Thomas A Burns
Biographic Data
| ID | 131901 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Thomas A Burns |
| GIVEN NAMES | Thomas A |
| FAMILY NAME | Burns |
| SIGNATURE | BURNS T A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Pennsylvania |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1975 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Where the spirit leads vs. what the researcher sees: Assessing hans baer's work on black spiritual churches
Baer, Hans. The Black Spiritual Movement. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1984. viii + 221 pp. including references and index. $18.95 cloth
Doing the Wash: Cycle Two
Doing the Wash: An Expressive Culture and Personality Study of a Joke and Its Teller
Doing the Wash: An Expressive Culture and Personality Study of a Joke and Its Tellers
The Game of Life: Idealism, Reality and Fantasy in the Nineteenth- and Twentieth- Century Versions of a Milton Bradley Game
The Milton Bradley Company undertook to create and market as part of its centennial celebration an updated version of the game that Milton Bradley had first invented and marketed, The Checkered Game of Life. It was The Checkered Game of Life that had successfully launched the Milton Bradley enterprise. Perhaps the game makers at Milton Bradley, thinking somewhat magically, felt that since The Checkered Game of Life had proved an auspicious start …
Fifty Seconds of Play: Expressive Interaction in Context
The Symbolism of Becoming in the Sunday Service of an Urban Black Holiness Church
It is proposed that the central and most frequently performed ritual of an urban black holiness group is structured in such a way that in its first part the stratified belief system and membership in the social structure corresponding to these strata are symbolically displayed and confirmed. The second part of the service is held to define the requistes for and to encourage growth within this system of belief and structure. Overall, the service n…
Folkloristics: A Conception of Theory
Urban Folklore from the Paperwork Empire
Riddling: Occasion to Act
THE LAST TEN YEARS have seen a substantial amount of literature emerge that treats the riddle analytically from the functional and structural viewpoints. In focusing on the function of the riddle, researchers have stressed the value of riddling (a) in reflecting the cognitive abilities as well as the categories of environmental concern of different peoples; (b) as educational devices to exercise and train the intellect, to instill cultural values…
Introduction to Folklore
Folkloristics: A Conception of Theory
The Symbolism of Becoming in the Sunday Service of an Urban Black Holiness Church
It is proposed that the central and most frequently performed ritual of an urban black holiness group is structured in such a way that in its first part the stratified belief system and membership in the social structure corresponding to these strata are symbolically displayed and confirmed. The second part of the service is held to define the requistes for and to encourage growth within this system of belief and structure. Overall, the service n…
Doing the Wash: Cycle Two
Riddling: Occasion to Act
THE LAST TEN YEARS have seen a substantial amount of literature emerge that treats the riddle analytically from the functional and structural viewpoints. In focusing on the function of the riddle, researchers have stressed the value of riddling (a) in reflecting the cognitive abilities as well as the categories of environmental concern of different peoples; (b) as educational devices to exercise and train the intellect, to instill cultural values…
Introduction to Folklore
Riddling: Occasion to Act
THE LAST TEN YEARS have seen a substantial amount of literature emerge that treats the riddle analytically from the functional and structural viewpoints. In focusing on the function of the riddle, researchers have stressed the value of riddling (a) in reflecting the cognitive abilities as well as the categories of environmental concern of different peoples; (b) as educational devices to exercise and train the intellect, to instill cultural values…
Folkloristics: A Conception of Theory
Urban Folklore from the Paperwork Empire
The Game of Life: Idealism, Reality and Fantasy in the Nineteenth- and Twentieth- Century Versions of a Milton Bradley Game
The Milton Bradley Company undertook to create and market as part of its centennial celebration an updated version of the game that Milton Bradley had first invented and marketed, The Checkered Game of Life. It was The Checkered Game of Life that had successfully launched the Milton Bradley enterprise. Perhaps the game makers at Milton Bradley, thinking somewhat magically, felt that since The Checkered Game of Life had proved an auspicious start …
Fifty Seconds of Play: Expressive Interaction in Context
The Symbolism of Becoming in the Sunday Service of an Urban Black Holiness Church
It is proposed that the central and most frequently performed ritual of an urban black holiness group is structured in such a way that in its first part the stratified belief system and membership in the social structure corresponding to these strata are symbolically displayed and confirmed. The second part of the service is held to define the requistes for and to encourage growth within this system of belief and structure. Overall, the service n…
Doing the Wash: An Expressive Culture and Personality Study of a Joke and Its Teller
Doing the Wash: An Expressive Culture and Personality Study of a Joke and Its Tellers
Doing the Wash: Cycle Two
Where the spirit leads vs. what the researcher sees: Assessing hans baer's work on black spiritual churches
Baer, Hans. The Black Spiritual Movement. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1984. viii + 221 pp. including references and index. $18.95 cloth
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